Do graphic rap lyrics cause social breakdown? To find out, we looked at decades of nationwide radio data.

He seemed destined for a glittering career, working with the Fugees and solo, then landed in prison. After a presidential ...

Houston Hip Hop lost one of its most important pillars with the passing of Michael “5000” Watts, the founder of Swishahouse and one of the most influential figures the city has ever produced. Watts ...

The "Not Like Us" rapper needed to win four Grammys at the 2026 awards ceremony on Sunday to break the record. He won five.

Lefty Gunplay talks about winning the first Grammy for best rap song by a Latino artist for his feature on Kendrick Lamar’s TV Off.

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Hip-Hop didn’t invent rebellion, it inherited the fire from H. Rap Brown long before the culture had a name. Growing up, my parents were not overtly activists or political. But there were clues. One ...

The hit docu-soap franchise “Love & Hip Hop” turns up the heat in Miami and doesn’t hold back in the season 7 premiere airing on Tuesday, November 4. The hit docu-soap franchise “Love & Hip Hop” turns ...

Terrence “Pusha T” Thornton has lived one of hip-hop’s most intense and legendary stories. From the gritty days of Clipse alongside his brother No Malice to becoming a solo icon, record exec, and ...

The music was pumping as hip-hop royalty packed Cipriani Wall Street. It was a gala to raise funds for the soon to open Hip Hop Museum in the South Bronx. “Hip-hop is the art form that moves the whole ...

Season 13 of “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” is wrapping up with an explosive finale on Tuesday, October 14 (10/14/2025), at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Cord-cutters can sign up for streaming services like Philo ...

It was no surprise that Owensboro native Keon Little would go on to carve his own path in music. “My family has always been musically inclined,” Little, 26, said. “My uncle (Chasen Little) is a really ...